Latin Name | Common Name | Family | Synonyms | Edibility Rating | Medicinal Rating |
Dioscorea alata | Water Yam, Purple yam, Greater yam, White yam | Dioscoreaceae | Dioscorea atropurpurea Roxb. Dioscorea globosa Roxb. Dioscorea javanica Queva. Dioscorea purpurea Ro | 4 | 1 |
Dioscorea batatas | Chinese Yam | Dioscoreaceae | D. polystachya Turcz. D. divaricata. D. opposita. Thunb. | 5 | 5 |
Dioscorea bulbifera | Aerial Yam, Air Potato | Dioscoreaceae | Dioscorea crispata Roxb. Dioscorea heterophylla Roxb. Dioscorea latifolia Benth. Dioscorea oppositif | 4 | 2 |
Dioscorea cayennensis | Yellow Yam, Yellow Guinea yam | Dioscoreaceae | Dioscorea colocasiifolia Dalz. Non Pax Dioscorea sativa Beatson. | 4 | 0 |
Dioscorea deltoidea | Yam | Dioscoreaceae | | 2 | 2 |
Dioscorea esculenta | Lesser Yam, Potato Yam, Chinese Yam, Wild Yam | Dioscoreaceae | Dioscorea aculeata L. Dioscorea fasciculata Roxb. Dioscorea papillaris Blanco Dioscorea papuana Warb | 4 | 0 |
Dioscorea japonica | Glutinous Yam, Japanese yam | Dioscoreaceae | | 4 | 2 |
Dioscorea kamoonensis | | Dioscoreaceae | | 2 | 1 |
Dioscorea tokoro | | Dioscoreaceae | | 2 | 2 |
Dioscorea trifida | Cush Cush Yam, Sweet yam | Dioscoreaceae | Dioscorea brasiliana Poir. Dioscorea braziliensis Willd. | 4 | 0 |
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